folk songs

Folklore

oral traditions of a folk culture—including tales, fables, legends, and moral teachings. (La Llorona in Mexico and New Mexico. The woman wails for her lost children after drowning them when her husband leaves her.)

Buddhism

cargo cult

a type of religious practice that may appear in tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced, non-native cultures. The cults are focused on obtaining the material wealth of the advanced culture through magical thinking, religious rituals and practices, believing that the wealth was intended for them by their deities and ancestors